Chicago Fire quotes

I'd like you to remain with the company. Your reputation as a firefighter is not in question.

Severide

No, just my ability to lead.

Otis

Candidate's late on his first day?

Mouch

Now that takes gumption.

How's it going with Patterson?

Severide

Ah. I don't know... Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm better off as a smoke eater than a boss. I'll tell you one thing, I don't miss the paperwork.

Forget that, man. It's all politics. [mutters] I'm getting sucked into this riddled BS.

[to Dawson] You need to understand the reality working here. Ninety-nine out of a hundred cases get stamped suspicious/unknown for a reason. Because arson is damn near impossible to prove. Even if you catch a guy pulled on a can full of gas and a box full of matches, it's tough to make it stick.

Otis

So, first shift. What do you have to say for yourself, Candidate?

Best job in the world.

Hear, hear.

And Herrmann was right. To Molly's, best refuge in all of Chicago.

[smirks, deadpan] Aww. There's no need to suck up, Borelli. They're gonna bust your balls no matter what. You're the Candidate, son.

When the U.S. Marines stormed Panama to run that crook Noriega out on a rail, he was holed up in the "Holy City". So, how do we smoke him out? A little piece of somethin' special. Psyops, called "noise warfare". These apartment pinheads are about to get a little taste of Panama City circa 1989.

[to Herrmann, about Borelli] He's got potential. The best Candidate I've seen come through here.

Otis

Uh, former Candidate here.

[to Severide] Hold up, you let her borrow your car?? You don't even let me look at your car.

Machines fail, men don't.

Mouch

[sees Herrmann scratching the numbers of a lucky draw slip] Damn, you know you have a better chance of getting hit by a truck, right?

People get hit by trucks everyday. Otherwise, we'd be out of the job.

Can I get you a beer?

Club soda. [Dawson looks at him] Solidarity!

[grins] We'll see how long that lasts.

Severide

[teasing] Club soda, huh? What's next, dad jeans?

Will, do everything you can for the baby. If it comes down to a choice, you save my girl.

Matt, truth time, when I'm in there she's the only one I'm trying to save.

You're amazing, you know that?

I think it's more the power of the church phone tree.

No, it's you.

[about a deceased retired firefighter] Guy crawls hallways for thirty years, barely makes it six months into his retirement. Anyway your slice it, it's a raw deal.

You got something against marriage?

I mean, I'm sure for plenty of people it's all sunshine and roses.

Otis

Why so down on it?

After they got married, my parents pretty much tried to kill each other everyday. Then my mom got hooked on heroin and abandoned the family. And so, not a big believer.